2024 election: How many electoral college votes does each state have?
NEW YORK (PIX11) — The race for the White House is nearly decided.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are battling to win the 2024 presidential election . They need 270 electoral votes to win.
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There are 538 electoral votes distributed throughout the 50 states. California, Texas, Florida, New York , Pennsylvania, and Illinois have the most electoral votes due to their population size.
"Electoral votes are allocated among the States based on the Census. Every State is allocated a number of votes equal to the number of Senators and Representatives in its U.S. Congressional delegation—two votes for its Senators in the U.S. Senate plus a number of votes equal to the number of its Congressional districts," the National Archive states. "Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated three electors and treated like a State for purposes of the Electoral College."
Here is each state and its electoral votes:
California 54
Texas 40
Florida 30
New York 28
Illinois 19
Pennsylvania 19
Ohio 17
Georgia 16
North Carolina 16
Michigan 15
New Jersey 14
Virginia 13
Washington 12
Arizona 11
Indiana 11
Massachusetts 11
Tennessee 11
Colorado 10
Maryland 10
Minnesota 10
Missouri 10
Wisconsin 10
Alabama 9
South Carolina 9
Kentucky 8
Louisiana 8
Oregon 8
Connecticut 7
Oklahoma 7
Arkansas 6
Iowa 6
Kansas 6
Mississippi 6
Nevada 6
Utah 6
Nebraska 5
New Mexico 5
Hawaii 4
Idaho 4
Maine 4
Montana 4
New Hampshire 4
Rhode Island 4
West Virginia 4
Alaska 3
Delaware 3
The District of Columbia 3
North Dakota 3
South Dakota 3
Vermont 3
Wyoming 3
Matthew Euzarraga is a multimedia journalist from El Paso, Texas. He has covered local news and LGBTQIA topics in the New York City Metro area since 2021. He joined the PIX11 Digital team in 2023. You can see more of his work here .
